Halcyon Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Sorry I am late getting this up, everyone!!! I guess we will be starting this on Tuesday LOL. This week we are working on our kids' rooms, hopefully with their help (arent you excited????) Tuesday Nov 27 Task: Empty dresser drawers, refold and reorganize. Anything that is ripped, totally stained throw away. If too small, give to goodwill or a relative or friend. Wednesday Nov 28 Task: Tackle the closets!! I know, a big job. This might take a couple of days, so we'll work on it tomorrow also. Thursday Nov 29 Task; Continue working on closets Friday Nov 30 Task: The shelves!!!! Dust em down, remove all items, throw away anything broken, give away anything your child has outgrown or no longer uses. I am pretty ruthless in this department, but YMMV. Saturday Nov 31 Task: Night tables, side tables, desks. Organize, wipe down, etc. Sunday Dec 1 Optional Task: Vacuum floor, wipe baseboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Dd12 and I will be tackling her dresser and part of her closet today :) Dd17 does a great job of cleaning and decluttering her room so no worries there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 thank you for this. ds12's room is first on my list. we went to Ikea I have a system to get the Lego out of his closet and set up in his room. I've been following your thread and November has been an incredibly productive month as far as getting it all done around here. thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 It's great to feel organized, isn't it? I just ordered some medicine cabinet organizers from Amazon whcih I think will really help with the clutter in there, and I organized a makeup organizer. Hopefully I can corral my stuff into order! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I'm so glad you started these challenges a few weeks ago. I have not been on your posted schedule because I had just done these parts of my house within the last few months. My multiples group has a yard sale twice a year and that helps keep the boys' clothes and toys purged and organized for me. I did organize the 3 junk drawers in my kitchen. I have managed to get the boys' craft area totally organized -- I had 2 and 3 of things because I couldn't find what I needed at the time and went out to buy more. Now every craft item for the boys is in one place. So happy :-). I needed to clean out my dining room that contained plastic bins and boxes from our old house. I have gone through all but 2 of those and plan to finish that this week. All my paperwork is filed away or recycled except for the medical stuff for this year. That will be done this week. I have a new filing system on my kitchen desk that gives me a place to put things until I get to them (store coupons, receipts, incoming mail that needs to be addressed). I am going through the mail when it comes in the doors and recycling what I can right away. I have loaded and organized 9 months worth of digital photographs and backed them up. I still have to do last Decembers when we went to Disney for 2 weeks and the had Christmas a week later. I will not likely get to that until January. Then...my bedroom (the sitting area of the room) and craft room both have stuff EVERYWHERE. Pictures, boys' artwork, pamphlets I've kept from field trips, all the boys' formal portraits that I haven't really done anything with, etc. I'm planning to have this done before Christmas. I am trying to keep up with the cleaning and laundry so I don't get behind on that while I get caught up on other areas. I told my husband that I don't know what has gotten into me. DH said "I don't know either, but whatever it is, don't let it out!" LOL He is thrilled and is willing to do whatever task I assign him to get this done :-). I'm like the energizer bunny these days and just want this done. So tired of thinking and worrying about it and just want it done. I took before pictures and may post them when I get all the after done. Anyway, thanks again for the motivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 We did this on Sunday. I took out 3 contractor size garbage bags from that room. Dh said it doesn't' look like the same room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Massive fail today...we spent two hours studying the evolution of stars and never made it upstairs before ballet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Year Round Mom Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Oooh, good one! We've been buying winter clothing, but haven't really decluttered the summer stuff, so my kids have double the mess in their rooms. This is the motivation I need! I haven't been able to do as much as I had hoped this month; things got busy so fast, but what I have gotten done makes a huge difference in my attitude toward our home for the holidays. Thanks, again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Okay how did everyone do today!? I am still working on the boys' dressers, but I think it will be done by tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 bumping this to see how everyone's doing. Must be the post holiday slump because this thread is dead LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Halcyon, I've been meaning to get on the boards all week to see what the new challenge is and AAARRRHHHH!!!!! I'm scared of my kids' bedrooms. But off I go to just do something in there! Wanted to tell you how thankful I am for all of these challenges this month. When I was cleaning my kitchen to get it ready for Thanksgiving entertaining, I was so thankful I had done the kitchen challenges! And I've been working hard at keeping my living room up to snuff. I've been really thinking about what needs to be in there! So THANK YOU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Okay i didnt get to the shelves today, but I did rent a rug doctor and carpet clean the entire house. OMG. You would not believe how much black water came up from our rugs! Granted, we moved in 4 months ago so I am blaming it all on the former residents, but EW gross. The carpets look amazing now! That was pretty hard work as I had to move the furntiture around, so I will try and catch up with the rest of the boys room this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Halcyon, I've been meaning to get on the boards all week to see what the new challenge is and AAARRRHHHH!!!!! I'm scared of my kids' bedrooms. But off I go to just do something in there! Wanted to tell you how thankful I am for all of these challenges this month. When I was cleaning my kitchen to get it ready for Thanksgiving entertaining, I was so thankful I had done the kitchen challenges! And I've been working hard at keeping my living room up to snuff. I've been really thinking about what needs to be in there! So THANK YOU! You're welcome!! Next week is the school area/room fun fun! Even if you just do 10 minutes a day, really, you're getting a lot done! My living room is looking so inviting and warm and cozy. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Okay i didnt get to the shelves today, but I did rent a rug doctor and carpet clean the entire house. OMG. You would not believe how much black water came up from our rugs! Granted, we moved in 4 months ago so I am blaming it all on the former residents, but EW gross. The carpets look amazing now! That was pretty hard work as I had to move the furntiture around, so I will try and catch up with the rest of the boys room this weekend. My husband did our living room rug last weekend, it took him several hours to clean the rug but now it feels crunchy. He went over it with just plain water after he shampooed it so I'm not sure why it is crunchy. We were planning on doing hte upstairs this weekend but now I think we will hold off until we figure out why it is crunchy. I haven't been able to follow your list because my house is in very bad disarray, but I have been making progress: - Donated three large boxes of random junk. - Sold items on ebay - Organized kitchen (still working on some areas in kitchen, but we have a counter top, no dish clutter, and a clean kitchen table... so hey! that is great!) - Sorting through kids clothing to get rid of clothing that no longer fits (split between donating/selling) - Went through storage unit and are donating/ditching/getting rid of several large boxes. Next big project is the office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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